Volwonder1
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Oooh the infamous 2001 SEC Championship game...what coulda been..I was a freshman in 98. Campus was pretty ugly and run down looking, but the strip had a lot more character. Now it just has the same corporate chain stuff every other strip has.
The Florida game was my first game in Neyland. What an introduction. I was in Section E Row 16. When Florida missed that kick, you had no choice but to follow the wave of fans onto the field. A friend (that I met later on) still has a piece of the goal post that the fire department cut up. I unfortunately was home in middle Tennessee during the Fiesta Bowl. I did go the SEC championship game in 2001 and was ready to go the Rose Bowl that year, but we all know how that turned out...
instead ended up being a launching pad and boosting a certain coach (we know who) to the Mount Rushmore of college coaches.
If only Jamarcus Russell had not been knocked out that game.